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<pre class="programlisting">#include &lt;db.h&gt;
int
DB-&gt;sort_multiple(DB *db, DBT *key, DBT *data, u_int32_t flags); </pre>
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The <code class="methodname">DB-&gt;sort_multiple()</code> method is used
to sort a set of <a class="link" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4.  The DBT Handle">DBT</a>s into
database insert order.
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If specified the application specific btree comparison and
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The key and data parameters must contain pairs of items. That is
the n-th entry in <span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span> must
correspond to the n-th entry in
<span class="bold"><strong>data</strong></span>.
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The <code class="methodname">DB-&gt;sort_multiple()</code> <span>
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method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.
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The <span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span> parameter must
contain a set of <a class="link" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4.  The DBT Handle">DBT</a>
entries in
<a class="link" href="dbcget.html#dbcget_DB_MULTIPLE">DB_MULTIPLE</a>
or
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The sorted entries will be returned in the
<span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span> parameter.
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The <span class="bold"><strong>flags</strong></span> parameter must
be set to one of the following values:
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DB_MULTIPLE
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Sorts one or two
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format <a class="link" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4.  The DBT Handle">DBT</a>s.
Assumes that <span class="bold"><strong>key</strong></span>
and <span class="bold"><strong>data</strong></span> specify
pairs of key and data items to sort together. If
the <span class="bold"><strong>data</strong></span> parameter
is NULL the API will sort the key arrays according
to the btree comparison function.
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DB_MULTIPLE_KEY
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Sorts a
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format <a class="link" href="dbt.html" title="Chapter 4.  The DBT Handle">DBT</a>.
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The <code class="methodname">DB-&gt;sort_multiple()</code> <span>
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method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:
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An invalid flag value or parameter was specified.
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